BRIDGEWATER, N.S. — The third man accused in the case where a teenage boy was kidnapped, raped and held captive in a Nova Scotia cabin will be tried by jury.

John Leonard MacKean, 63, is charged with sexual assault and communicating for the purpose of obtaining sexual services from a person under 18.

MacKean has pleaded not guilty and is free on bail.

In September, a 16-year-old boy was chained up in a shack in Upper Chelsea, N.S., and raped by men for about 10 days before he escaped.

There was a publication ban on evidence presented at Thursday's preliminary hearing, but after listening to one witness the judge deemed there was enough information to go to trial. A trial date will be set in August.

In June, David James Leblanc was sentenced to 11 years in prison after he previously pleaded guilty to kidnapping, forcible confinement and sexual assault in the case. Leblanc's partner, Wayne Alan Cunningham, was also charged, but was found dead in northern Ontario.